[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow] page 82

Walthamstow 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: The detailed findings at first visits paid during 1938 are given in the following table:—

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The detailed findings at first visits paid during 1938 are given in the following table:—

Ward.	How Fed.			Sleeping Accommodation.		Condition of Baby.			Accommodation.
Ward.	Breast.	Breast and Hand	Hand.	With Mother.	Cot or Cradle.	Good.	Fair.	Bad.	Whole House.	Flat.	Half-house.	3 Rooms.	2 Rooms.	1 Room.
St. James Street	215	35	21	17	254	195	72	4	65	36	95	42	23	10
High Street	172	9	20	10	191	176	24	1	45	138	3	5	9	1
Hoe Street	186	21	28	2	233	197	37	1	50	82	64	32	7	-
Wood Street..	190	15	27	-	232	225	7	-	64	81	36	37	13	1
Hale End	266	37	46	2	347	335	13	1	212	64	71	-	2	-
Higham Hill	276	29	27	17	315	301	30	1	175	116	24	6	6	5
Total	1,305	146	169	48	1,572	1,429	183	8	611	517	293	122	60	17

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From the above table it will be seen that of 1,620 children,
1,305, or 80.5 per cent., were breast-fed on first being visited, and
48, or 2.9 per cent., had no separate sleeping accommodation.
The particulars in respect of housing accommodation show the
following comparison:—

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Walthamstow 1938

Table: The detailed findings at first visits paid during 1938 are given in the following table:—

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